Siddharth Menon
| Siddharth Menon (Singer) | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Siddharth Menon |
| Born |
1 July 1989 Mumbai, India, |
| Years active | 2011 - present |
Siddharth Menon (Malayalam: സിദ്ധാർത്ഥ് മേനോൻ; Marathi: सिद्धार्थ मेनन; born 1 July 1989) is a playback singer and actor from Mumbai, India. Menon has rendered some film songs but is most popular for his band Thaikkudam Bridge. His rendition of "Mandaracheppundo" from the movie Dasharatham for a musical show "Music Mojo" in the Malayalam channel Kappa TV topped the music charts. He also won the "best debut male singer of the year" from BIG FM 92.7. He also starred in the movie Rockstar directed by V.K.Prakash.
Personal life
Siddharth Menon was born in a Mumbai-settled Kerala family of Sathyanathan Pariyadath and Sheela on 1 July 1989, and was brought up in Mumbai. His father, Sathyanathan, is a former employee of an airline company and hails from Irinjalakkuda, Trissur. His mother, Sheela, works with the income tax department in Mumbai and hails from Vaikom, Kottayam. He has an elder brother Sharad Menon, who works in the UK as a scientist. He studied in Vivek Vidyalaya High School, Goregaon, Maharashtra. He attended Vivek College of Commerce where he received a degree in commerce. After graduation he decided to study western classical music and joined A R Rahman’s music college, KM Music Conservatory in Chennai . At present, he resides in Kochi, Kerala.
Career
Siddharth Menon grew up in Mumbai with his Malayali parents, attending competitions and youth festivals and winning prizes for music. All he has to show is about a few days he attended in Ajivasan Music Academy in Mumbai. But that never dampened his passion for singing.
He performed in the Sony TV reality show, X Factor India, and his group Nirmitee was the finalist of the show. The other members in the group were Vian Fernandez, Pranil More and Ranjana Raja.
His first cousin Govind Menon composed songs for the musical show "Music Mojo" in Kappa TV, and "Nostalgia" (the reincarnation of evergreen Malayalam songs), in which Siddharth sang "Mandharachepundo", became a hit on YouTube. They then started the musical band Thaikkudam Bridge.[1]
Siddharth made his debut in playback singing with the song "Tharangal" in the 2013 film North 24 Kaatham. [2]
His debut into the Malayalam film industry was through the movie Rockstardirected by V.K.Prakash in the year 2015.
Awards
- 2013 - The best debut male singer of the year award by BIG FM 92.7
- Filmfare Best playback singer Male- Nominated
Film songs
| Year | Song | Vocalists | Film |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | "Tharangal" | Siddharth Menon, Jeba Niyaz | North 24 Kaatham |
| 2013 | "Pontharam" | Christin Jose, Leah Samuel, Siddharth Menon , Govind Menon | North 24 Kaatham |
| 2014 | "Thumbi Penne" | Siddharth Menon | Bangalore Days |
| 2014 | "Neerpalunkin" | Siddharth Menon | Vegam |
| 2014 | "Theruvukal" | Siddharth Menon | Njan Steve Lopez |
| 2014 | "Munthirivalliyil" | Siddharth Menon | Actually |
| 2015 | "Kaanal Kaate" | Siddharth Menon | Haram |
| 2015 | "Varikallo" | Siddharth Menon, M.Jayachandran, Harish Sivaramakrishnan, Arun Kamath | Rockstar |
| 2015 | "Puthiya Puthiya" | Siddharth Menon,Prashant Pillai, Arun Kamath, Preeti Pillai | Rockstar |
Other songs
| Song | Vocalists |
|---|---|
| "Nostalgia" | Siddharth Menon, Govind Menon, Vipin Lal, Christine Jose |
| "Aisa Koi" | Siddharth Menon |
| "Rahman Medley" | Siddharth Menon |
| "Moovanthi Chayum (Yelove)" | Siddharth Menon, Shreya Ghoshal |
| "Abhi mujh mein Kahi" | Siddharth Menon |
| "Tum hi ho" | Siddharth Menon |
| "Allah Allah (Yami)" | Siddharth Menon, Haritha Balakrishnan |
| "One (Navarasam)" | Siddharth Menon, Thaikkudam Bridge |